MR-TOF at ISOLDE

Frank Wienholtz- University of Greifswald -

for the ISOLTRAP Collaboration

GUI – 2014-11-03

http://isoltrap.web.cern.ch wienholtz@uni-greifswald.de

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ISOLTRAP overview

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ISOLTRAP uncertainty: ; >500 short-lived nuclides investigated

ISOLTRAP overview: MR-ToF-MS1

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several applications possible:

• high-resolution mass separation with Bradbury-Nielsen gate for subsequent experiments

• observing and gating on separated ion-of-interest to perform further studies

• high-precision mass measurements with reference masses

1: Wollnik & Przewloka, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Proc. 96, 267 (1990); 2: Bradbury & Nielsen, Phys. Rev. 49, 388 (1936); 3: Plass et al., NIM B 266, 4560 (2008) Wolf et al., IJMS 313, 8 (2012); Wolf et al., IJMS 349-350, 123 (2013);

mass resolving power (FWHM) m/∆m=100 000 at 12ms m/∆m=200 000 at 30mstransmission ≈50% at 30msion capacity ≈1000 per cycle ≈100 000 per second

MR-ToF-MS

mean kinetic energy Ekin=2.1keV ToF separation due to different m/q

Bradbury-Nielsen gate (BNG)2,3

RFQ: Δt≈100ns ΔEkin/Ekin≈3%

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MR-ToF-MS at ISOLTRAP: in-trap lift

in-trap lift

capture and ejection with one electrode simple technique, stable mirror potentials decouple MR-ToF-MS and adjacent beamline independent optimization adjust ions’ kinetic energy ToF focusing, max. mass resolving power

Wolf et al., IJMS 313, 8 (2012)

Injection

Storage

Ejection

only one parameter to adjust

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Ion-beam composition analysis

direct feedback for target/line optimization sampling of release curve possible single ion sensitivity to detect lowest yields no upper limit on half-life as with decay station not hindered by decay branching ratio

target release curve

T1/2=54ms

99Rb+

Wolf et al., IJMS 349-350, 123 (2013); Kreim et al., NIM B, accepted for publication (2013)

MR-ToF ion-beam analysis

target heating increasedby 70K

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MR-ToF ion-beam analysis

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MR-ToF RILIS yield optimization

MR-ToF analyzer to investigate resonant laser ionization of nuclides far from stability

fast, sensitive tool to improve ionization eff. high dynamic range: 1-10e5 counts/s counts free from background contamination not limited by decay branching ratio help to provide isomerically pure beams

scan: RILIS first excitation step

185Au+

185Au+

185Tl+

185Tl+

Wolf et al., IJMS 349-350, 123 (2013); Kreim et al., NIM B, accepted for publication (2013)

(Total counts - 149Dy) / 149Dy ≈ 70

MR-ToF <--> laser scans of hyperfine structure

MR-ToF <--> laser scans of hyperfine structure

97Sr 97Rb

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MR-ToF half life measurements

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MR-ToF half life measurements

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Possible applications @ ISOLDE

Versatile tool for beam analysis especially for ion yields which are not detectable by FCs or accessible by decay spectroscopy

Continues observation of the beam composition possible

Beam optimisation Varying different target parameters Beam line optimisation (transport) Fast response to laser on/off or protons on/off Laser frequency optimisation

Delivery of highly pure beams for experiments with such needs

Beam purification for REX-Trap and EBIS Fast stacking in the Penning trap possible

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Thanks to…

S. George, M. Rosenbusch, R.N. Wolf, L. Schweikhard

P. Ascher, D. Atanasov, Ch. Böhm, Ch. Borgmann, R. B. Cakirli,S. Eliseev, T. Eronen, D. Kissler, S. Naimi, K. Blaum

D. Beck, F. Herfurth, A. Herlert, E. Minaya-Ramirez, D. Neidherr, Y. Litvinov

G. Audi, V. Manea, M. Wang, D. Lunney

M. Kowalska, S. Kreim, J. Kurcewicz

J. Stanja, A. Welker, K. Zuber

N. Althubiti, T. Cocolios

M. Breitenfeldt

http://isoltrap.web.cern.ch wienholtz@uni-greifswald.de

Grants No.:05P12HGCI105P12HGFNE

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MR-ToF-MS: voltage stability

M4 M5

mirror electrode 5: turn-around point

limiting long-term stability mass resolving power

Temperature stabilization of supply voltages to <100mKToF temperature coefficient:

Wolf et al., NIM A 686, 82 (2012)